Seeing Adaline's face turn pale, Shane laughed.
Not out of joy, more out of despair.
It was as if he had finally made her understand that he was serious.
And he still felt disgusted because the thought made him happy.
[This woman always brought him suffering.]
[Always.]
He was always chasing her back, while she didn't even turn around.
"Your Grace."
Shane stopped.
Genevieve stood in front of him, her hands folded modestly. Her voice was tense, as was her entire being.
As always, she felt uneasy around him, as if every nerve was trembling.
"About Lady Adaline..."
"Never mind."
"But..."
"I won't kill her."
“She doesn’t eat anything at all...”
“That's why I called you. She won’t touch it until she’s forced to.”
“But you understand that you can’t keep her locked up forever? Your Grace, I beg..."
"Genevieve."
Genevieve flinched when he said her name.
She wanted to disappear. Shane's voice, quiet and dull, sounded like a warning.
[He was scary from the very beginning.]
[Yes, he saved her from her tyrant stepfather, raised her from her knees, helped her become a Saint...]
[But it was Shane that she always feared the most, even those who caused her physical pain.]
[Especially after he lost his lover five years ago.]
Genevieve swallowed.
[But she couldn't back down now.]
[Yes, Shane saved her.]
[But it was Adaline who cared. It was Adaline who washed her, combed her hair, held her hand, put her to bed when she was in the palace for the first time and could not hold back her tears.]
She couldn't betray her.
“Lady Adaline must have had reasons for hiding. Please really listen to her."
Shane just shrugged.
Realizing that there was no point in talking further, Genevieve retreated. But she still looked back again and again, full of anxiety and regret. For her, usually quiet and submissive, such persistence was rare.
But she loved Adaline with all her heart.
[Gathers supporters, as always...]
[Adaline easily won hearts.]
[It wasn't just Genevieve. Both Lloyd and the young servant who ran away with her were all fascinated by her, almost to the point of obsession.]
[But Adaline herself didn’t seem to notice how much she meant to others.]
[She always kept her distance, never letting anyone in.]
[Deep down, she may have always intended to leave.]
[She lived as if she was not attached to people or places.]
[Reason?]
[Maybe she was.]
[The story is incredibly sad.]
[But it seems that at some point she began to hate him so much that she could no longer stand him around.]
[And this is the only thing Shane finally understood about Adaline.]
[That she hated him so much that she chose to fake her own death just to disappear.]
[I won't forgive you.]
[You who wished me happiness.]
[Во всём этом, только твоя вина.]